THE NEW WAVE: Twentieth Century Japanese Prints From the R.O. Muller Collection.

STEPHENS, Amy R. editor, et al.

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London 1993, Bamboo. Blue cloth, very bright copy,240 color, 80 b.w., photo plates, 28 x 29 cm., dust jacket in a Mylar protector, 228p., sharp, a firm & brilliantly clean example, complete as issued. * * FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION * * . *** *** *** . . ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, COMPREHENSIVE, CONTEMPORARY . . . SHIN-HANGA LARGE FORMAT COLOR REFERENCES BOOKS . . . * * THE FIRST & ONLY EDITION * * . . . WITH OVER 316 COLOR PLATES . . . AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHIN HANGA ARTISTS . . . AND THEIR COLOR WOODCUT PRINTS . . * The one of the most important art reference source published to date on Japanese Shin-Hanga woodblock prints from this period. . A comprehensive & authoritative study of the Shin-Hanga or "New Wave Prints," & Sosaku-hanga [creative prints] which covers the prints and artists of the Taisho [1912-1926] and early Showa [1926-1989] periods. . *** STUNNING COLOR ILLUSTRATED: Lavishly illustrated with examples from the vast & extensive Muller Collection. With a supplement on the prints of the preceding or Meiji period [1868-1912] to provide a background to the creative developments of the later artists. With many photos and biographies of the artists. . *** MORE ARTISTS: Japanese & Foreign: . Basic coverage of early artists of the period include those of Kiyochika, Kiyokata, Chikanobu, Gekko et al. Some later artists also covered include those of Goyo, Shinsui, Hasui, Yoshida Hiroshi, Eisen, Gekko, Shunsen, Toyonari, Kotondo [Genjin], Saito Kiyoshi, Takahashi Hiroaki [Shotei], Koitsu, Shoson/Koson, Elizabeth Keith, Charles Bartlett, Bertha Lum, Helen Hyde, Seiho, Seitei, Shiro, Kiyokata, and over fifty artists [Japanese & foreign] works, along with pictorial images of their prints. Too many artists to list here ! . *** BEST REFERENCE: This is one of the best contemporary reference sources on a wide variety of artists in this genre of modern Japanese color woodblock prints. With a copious bibliography, and extensive index, glossary, chronology. Contains over 300 entries. . *** CONTRIBUTORS: Amy Stephens, general editor, with essays by Okamoto Hiromi, Donald Jenkins, Julia Meech, Amy R. Stephens, Henry D. Smith II & Chris Uhlenbeck. . *** CONTENTS: Editor's Note Biographies Acknowledgements Introduction . Essays: Donald Jenkins: FACING THE FUTURE, REVISITING THE PAST . Okamoto Hiromi & Henry D. Smith II: UKIYO-E FOR MODERN JAPAN: The Legacy of Watanabe Shozaburo. [the publisher] . Julia Meech: JAPONISME: Graphic arts in the early 20th century. . Catalog Entries: Amy Stephens: Meiji Transitional Taisho/Showa Japonisme . *** A most valuable work for any student or collector on this popular subject of Japanese print phase of Shin-Hanga. Little else substantial in English exits. . *** PROFUSELY COLOR ILLUSTRATED: This large format work, with 240 color and 80 b.w. photo plates. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: This is a lovely copy, in excellent unmarked condition. The binding and contents are clean. The dust jacket has a few minor tape mends to the inside, else a nice example. Complete as issued. . ****. Seller Inventory # 93015202

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